20And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
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And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; …
That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. …
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled …
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-29)Here is a summary of the doctrine of the gospel concerning the great work of our redemption by Christ. It comes in here not as the matter of a sermon, but as the matter of a thanksgiving; for our salvation by Christ furnishes us with abundant matter of thanksgiving in every view of it: Giving thanks unto the Father , Col. 1:12. He does not discourse of the work of redemption in the natural order o…
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